Dose distributions in phantoms with different dimensions exposed to BNCT epithermal neutron beam: Measurements and calculations

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a cancer treatment still in development that is considered with increasing interest. It consists in irradiating with thermal or epithermal neutrons patients to whom a specific tumor-seeking Boron carrier has been administrated. The high cross section of the ¹⁰B(n, α)⁷Li reaction for thermal neutrons and the high radiobiological effectiveness are exploited in order to damage the tumour cells without afflicting the surrounding healthy tissues.